<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually, for this to be a = good "test", you would need to have someone else place the punchings under a few = random keys and then see if you could tell which ones contained the Crecendo punchings. That's why we have double blind studies (tester = bias).  You're already a true believer.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 20, 2005 = 10:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> "Crescendo" punching = test</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 = size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just got a couple of bags of Andre's "Crescendo" punchings in = the mail this morning.  One is earmarked for my M and H, and the other is = up for grabs to the first lucky customer who might like to try them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As I was tuning a piano for one of my regular clients, a local = church, I was noticing that there was a spongy feel and not enough aftertouch in = their Kawai KG3.  When the key bottomed out, there was alot of side to = side slop.  Overall, the feel was not at all positive; let-off and = drop were nebulous.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I removed the action, the keystop rail, and replaced the green punching(which had become conical through years of pounding) with one = of Andre's.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Several things happened:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That note had more power and clarity than it's neighbors</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The key had a very precise feel, despite the key bushings having = a bit more slop than might be considered ideal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The point of let-off and drop became well defined.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was quite surprised at the level of improvement.  I will = be putting them in my M and H tomorrow.  Road test to follow.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>